Norfolk Buses

The very first motor bus services in East Anglia were operated by the Great Eastern Railway Company, and although these started in Suffolk, services were soon provided within Norfolk as well. In 1931, the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company was formed from four existing small bus companies. With its head office at Thorpe Road, Norwich, the company ran services in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Becoming part of Tilling Motor Services in 1942, and then coming into public ownership in 1948, Eastern Counties continued to grow and to expand the services it operated in Norfolk. In this book, transport enthusiast and photographer John Law takes a look at these companies and their operations and tells the story of Norfolk Buses with a collection of images that will bring back memories of the county from times past.